Clark Magnet Robotics Team Prepares for FIRST

Like other high schools in the area – namely, Crescenta Valley, St. Francis and La Cañada – the robotics team at Clark Magnet High School – Team 696 – is working hard to design and engineer a robot to compete for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Regional Competition in […]

No Cotton Candy Here – But Fair is Definitely Fun

By Agnes CONSTANTE More than 110 students from grades kinder through six participated in Mountain Avenue Elementary School’s third annual Science Fun Fair on Friday, Jan. 28. The clamoring and bustling of students and parents from the beginning of the event to its end reflected the enthusiasm and appreciation toward science by those in attendance. […]

St. Francis Scores at SCPAD

On Saturday, the St. Francis High School Academic Decathlon Team placed first at the Southern California Private Schools Academic Decathlon (SCPAD) Competition held at Alemany High School. Day one of the contest, which took place on Jan. 28, consisted of the subjective tests, essay, speech and interview. Day two, which took place on Feb. 4, […]

Montrose School Celebrates MLK Day with Balloons

Misty DUPLESSIS In observance of every national holiday, Montrose Christian Montessori School takes time to pay tribute to historic figures and events during its flag ceremony. On Friday, Jan. 13, the school celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King by releasing 100% biodegradable latex balloons with meaningful notes on seed tissue inside of them, […]

YOUTH Notes

Brass Bash on Friday The CV Jazz band will be taking part in a Brass Bash on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. The gathering is of professional and student brass players of all ages and levels who play for and with each other in three types of brass music: […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

Remnants of Bootlegging in CV I have a wonderful photograph from the late ’20s of a bunch of the local constabulary, plus the local Justice of the Peace Judge Dyer, standing around grinning and smoking in front of the old Montrose Sheriff Station on Ocean View just above Honolulu. In front of them are stacks […]

My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase

My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase

Sews Your Mother! This past weekend my wife dragged me – um, I mean I willingly accompanied her – to a local fabric store while she shopped for material to sew a birthday gift. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that spending precious hours of the weekend meandering through row upon row of fabrics and notions (what […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Differing Opinions Needed It’s ironic that Julie Hill comes to Jim Chase’s defense by essentially stating that his detractors should be the very ones “welcoming a diversity of writers and opinions.” That indeed is the heart of the matter. If the CV Weekly ran a column next to his that expressed a point of view […]

Living in Fear

Living in Fear

Intense performances by high school players bring home the sometimes deadly consequences of bullying. By Brandon HENSLEY It happens in cyberspace to the girl who logs on to chat. It happens to the girl who battles weight issues. It happens to the boy who is emotionally abused by his girlfriend, and it happens to so […]